05-18-2019, 07:27 AM
(05-17-2019, 01:41 PM)Lothia Wrote: Ave Civitas,
Read an interesting article from the Ancient Origins Web site concerning road repair in the city of Pompeii.
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-his...ds-0011920
Tom
Could be native iron (or high ferric content) occuring as inclusions in the Volcanic rock used for the road surface, I guess we'll find out when its analysed:
Romans May Have Repaired Roads with Molten Iron
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
